{"id":336819,"date":"2026-05-29T01:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336819\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:19:31","slug":"man-accused-of-killing-2-fresno-teens-while-shooting-at-group-enters-murder-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336819\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of killing 2 Fresno teens while shooting at group enters murder plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The man charged in a fatal March shooting that left two 15-year-olds dead and a 14-year-old injured pleaded \u201cnot guilty\u201d Wednesday in Fresno County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lelan Lee, 25, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article315803054.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:charged with seven counts;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;charged with seven counts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">charged with seven counts<\/a>, including two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, plus enhancements for using a gun for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article315160911.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:opening fire on four teens;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;opening fire on four teens&quot;}\" class=\"link \">opening fire on four teens<\/a>. A 17-year-old with the other teens was not struck by gunfire, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His attorney declined comment to The Bee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The teens were headed to a friend\u2019s home after visiting a nearby eatery about 1:30 a.m. March 23 near the intersection of San Jose Avenue and Fourth Street, south of Barstow Avenue, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lee faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole, or could face the death penalty, if convicted on all counts. A decision on whether to pursue the death penalty had not been decided, according to Taylor Long, the spokesperson for the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lee has two previous felony convictions for robbery, one in 2022 and the other in 2019. Along with enhancements for using a gun and firing into a car, he faces enhancements for a second strike as defined by<a href=\"https:\/\/lao.ca.gov\/2005\/3_strikes\/3_strikes_102005.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:California\u2019s Three Strikes Law;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;California\u2019s Three Strikes Law&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> California\u2019s Three Strikes Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is unclear what triggered the shooting or if the victims knew Lee, police said at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man charged in a fatal March shooting that left two 15-year-olds dead and a 14-year-old injured pleaded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5526,112,7348,114,113,139057],"class_list":["post-336819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-attempted-murder","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county-superior-court","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-lelan-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}